盞 (zaan2 | zhan3) : small cup

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盞

zaan2

zhan3

[1] small cup; cup-shaped utensil
[2] classifier for lamps
[3] [粵] would merely bring about (sth undesirable); waste efforts | [variant] 賺

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 皿 (#108)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

盞 / 盏

This word has been viewed 5886 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 17th Jan 2011 14:21

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千揀萬揀,揀着個爛燈盞 cin1 gaan2 maan6 gaan2 ,gaan2 zoek6 go3 laan6 dang1 zaan2 = to make a bad choice out of a large number of options (esp with a wife)

盞鬼 zaan2 gwai2 = variant of 㜺鬼粵

盞攪 zaan2 gaau2 zhan3 jiao3 = do something to no avail; do something for nothing 粵

盞搞 zaan2 gaau2 zhan3 gao3 = do something to no avail; do something for nothing 粵

盞嘥氣 zaan2 saai1 hei3 zhan3 sai1 qi4 = sheer waste of efforts 粵

盞衰 zaan2 seoi1 zhan3 shuai1 = do sth. only to end up in a dilemma; to do sth. that only leads to trouble 粵

盞得 zaan2 dak1 zhan3 de2 = in the end only be left with...; fruitlessly... 粵

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一盞好光嘅街燈﹐照住黑暗嘅角落。粵
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.

有一盞街燈喺雪地上面粵
There's a streetlight on the snowy ground.

我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
[Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 盞
Unicode code for this character: U+76de (off-site link)

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